WATCH ABC app arrives on the Amazon Fire TV

The WATCH ABC has made it’s way over to the Amazon Fire TV app library. With Disney Movies Anywhere and now ABC on the Fire TV, it looks like Amazon and Disney are finally playing nice. We first heard about WATCH ABC coming to the Fire TV over a year ago. The app lets you stream some ad-supported shows for free, but watching live or watching most recently aired full episodes will require you to activate the app with a traditional cable subscription provider. Oddly though, the app is not currently available for the Fire TV Stick.

I am actually a cord cutter. Even though I sideloaded some network apps (FOX failed to work), I would love to see Amazon Fire TV carry CBS, NBC, FOX and CW too. I doubt it will ever happen but getting ABC app is a good step. I have hulu and there are still a few good shows that they don’t get.

Is there a way to side load this onto a device. My account is linked to the UK and as I share my prime benefits with someone else if I use the old way of getting apps from a different region (switching device country) it losses this share and won’t let it to be setup again for like 180 days. I know I need a cable login which isn’t a problem as I spend 4-6 months a year in the US and when I’m there I subscribe to cable

Would creating a new .com account and logging out of the current account and into the new one work or would I lose everything already on the box?

It won’t let me activate with Optimum cable either but if you read the small print, the cable activation with live TV is only available in a few cities. We all could still not activate and still just watch shows…. You just won’t get the very latest show played that day/night and you won’t get LIVE TV. I don’t need live tv. I don’t think it is a big deal. I can wait an extra day to watch a show. The pro of quick access, using my remote to navigate and also improved picture quality compensates for the minor negative. It is better to use the official FireTV app over sideloading the “tablet/phone” version with the keyboard use.

This is ridiculous, in order to watch ABC live on the Firestick I have to log in to my cable provider. If I had a cable provider I wouldn’t need Firestick. I went with Firestick to get away from the bullshit of cable. What a joke.